Friday 25 January 2013 11.09 EST
First published on Friday 25 January 2013 11.09 EST

Eden Hazard is facing an extended ban for kicking out at a ballboy after the Football Association charged him over his sending-off in Chelsea's Capital One Cup exit at Swansea.

The Belgian playmaker Hazard was already set to serve an automatic three-match suspension for his red card in Wednesday night's semi-final second leg at the Liberty Stadium.

But the FA deemed that "insufficient" punishment for the offence, prompting an additional charge on Friday afternoon.

An FA statement read: "The FA has charged Chelsea's Eden Hazard following his side's League Cup semi-final at Swansea on 23 January, 2013.

"It is alleged that Hazard's behaviour in relation to a Swansea ballboy, for which the player was dismissed in the 78th minute, constituted violent conduct whereby the standard punishment that would otherwise apply was clearly insufficient.

"The player has until 6pm on Tuesday, 29 January, 2013 to respond to the charge.

"The FA will remind all clubs of their responsibilities in ensuring ballboys and other personnel around the pitch act in an appropriate manner at all times and will liaise with competitions accordingly."